If you believe in God you get to the point where (you feel) "Yeah, you know what, God forgave my sins but I still have to forgive myself. "
Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.
Life is like a fire. Flames which the passer-by forgets. Ashes which the wind scatters. A man lived.
During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba.
Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.
The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have several identities, I only have one, made of all the elements that have shaped its unique proportions.
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself
This city is dying of rabies. Is the best I can do to wipe random flecks of foam from its lips?
Listen my children and you shall hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere
I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.
Fear too often spells failure.